Left Handed

Study Shows That Left-handers Are Not the Product of Witchcraft After All

Brandon G. Withrow | Posted 05.02.2012

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Brandon G. Withrow

A new study at Northwestern University shows that left-handedness is the product of cooperation and competition in evolution.

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Brain Science: Does Being Left-Handed Make You Angry?

Time | John Cloud | Posted 11.17.2011

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We used to think that the left brain controlled your thinking and that the right brain controlled your heart. But neuroscientists have learned that it...

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Friday Talking Points [134] -- Some Reality For Gibbs

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Happy Friday the Thirteenth, everyone. It's actually a fitting day for this column, which I'll explain in a bit. Because before we get to that, we si...

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Southpaws: The Hops in Humanity's Beer?

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

Lists of left-handers in history show that they are disproportionately represented among mathematicians, scientists, artists and, for better or for worse, among charismatic leaders - from Alexander the Great to Jeanne d'Arc.

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Barack Obama: Left-Handed? Right-Handed? Ambidextrous? Ambivalent?

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

I suspect the convictions that seem somewhat wobbly now that Obama has attained the nation's highest office would immediately strengthen if he looked his two hands over and committed once and for all to the left one.

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"Uncle Grumpy -- On Race"

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Pomerantz

At some point, maybe science had something to do with it, maybe folks just came to their senses, there was a liberating change. The "handedness" issue became irrelevant.

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Obama Collects Comics? 50 Things You Might Not Know About The President-Elect

The Daily Telegraph | Jon Swaine | Posted 05.25.2011

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• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics • He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball • His name mea...

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